{"id":12184,"date":"2023-09-21T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=12184"},"modified":"2023-09-21T17:36:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:36:21","slug":"president-mourns-passing-of-south-african-navy-submariners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/president-mourns-passing-of-south-african-navy-submariners\/","title":{"rendered":"President mourns passing of South African Navy submariners"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12188\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SAS_Emily_Hobhouse_S98_c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12188 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SAS_Emily_Hobhouse_S98_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SAS_Emily_Hobhouse_S98_c.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SAS_Emily_Hobhouse_S98_c-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAS Emily Hobhouse c. 1994 &#8211; \u00a9 Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Commander-in-Chief of South Africa\u2019s Armed Forces, President Cyril Ramaphosa is deeply saddened by the loss of three crew members of the South African Navy submarine SAS Manthatisi who perished at sea off Kommetjie near Cape Town on Wednesday, 20 September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The SAS Manthatisi was en route to Cape Town while conducting a vertical transfer (VERTREP) by means of a SA Air Force Maritime Lynx helicopter, when high waves swept seven crew members out to sea.<\/p>\n<p>Rough seas affected the rescue and recovery operation in which the National Sea Rescue Institute assisted.<\/p>\n<p>While all crew members were recovered, three fatalities were recorded. Other crew members, including a senior officer in a critical condition, are being treated in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>President Ramaphosa said: \u201cThis is a sad loss for our nation and for our brave armed forces in particular who routinely face danger in order so that all of us can be safe and secure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thoughts and prayers go out to the families, friends, commanders and colleagues of the crew members we have lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish the injured personnel a full recovery from the physical and psychological trauma they experienced during this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also appreciate the efforts of all role players who, at great risk to themselves, undertook the rescue and recovery operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Presidency: Republic of South Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Commander-in-Chief of South Africa\u2019s Armed Forces, President Cyril Ramaphosa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,1923,442,1767],"tags":[1493,31,32,1485,1297,489,45,897],"class_list":["post-12184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-navy","category-news","category-south-africa","tag-africa-en","tag-maritimafrica","tag-maritime","tag-maritime-in-africa","tag-maritime-industry-en","tag-navy","tag-shipping-en","tag-south-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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